Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	178% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '20 at 01:55
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 99.1 2-Core 256 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 710 73% 588 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.9% Good	Lighting 76 Reflection 91.8 Parallax 81.6 62% 83.1 fps	MRender 79 Gravity 76.5 Splatting 72 62% 75.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 248GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 727 552 551 551 551 552 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 1073 Write 779 Mixed 537 SusWrite 580 166% 742 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 38.9 169% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 472 DQ Write 656 DQ Mixed 360 329% 496 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 313%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 757 478 474 465 467 461 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 1,170 Write 1,325 Mixed 539 SusWrite 517 199% 888 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 186 4K Mixed 50.5 217% 90.7 MB/s	DQ Read 756 DQ Write 764 DQ Mixed 521 457% 680 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 254%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 390GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 225 227 226 227 227 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 237 Write 118 Mixed 101 SusWrite 226 125% 170 MB/s	4K Read 7 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 1.3 508% 4.07 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 213%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$90 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 967GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 92 92 93 93 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 118 Write 116 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 91.4 73% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 96%
asmedia ASM1053E 3TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 943GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 114 114 114 113 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 121 Write 121 Mixed 87 SusWrite 113 149% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 116% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 69%
WDC WD40 EZRZ-00WN9B0 4TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 98 99 98 98 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 97.8 Write 98.8 Mixed 76 SusWrite 97.8 126% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 109% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 31.6 103% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 30.9 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 119%

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Gaming 62%

Destroyer

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 49%

Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI - $129

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	601x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	575x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	162x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	262x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	156x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	146x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	110x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	89x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	48x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	58x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	43x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $539

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16